Naval base to receive $4 million for training

Naval Station Ingleside would receive $4 million and administer sonar
minesweeping training as part of the 2007 defense budget approved by
the Senate on Thursday.

The Surface Navy Integrated Undersea Tactical Technology-Mine
Warfare program will administer the training.

The naval station is home to Navy mine warfare assets including
three mine countermeasures squadrons and 17 mine warfare ships that
receive worldwide assignments, according to its Web site. Naval Station
Ingleside also supports six mine warfare ships that are homeported
overseas.

The base is scheduled to close in September 2010 as a result of the
2005 federal Base Realignment and Closure Committee
recommendations.